The Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), along with wildlife agencies across the U.S., is urging both pet and aquarium stores and aquarium owners to remove and...
(aka: Canoeing the Kinchafoonee) By JAMES MALPHRUS of JCM Adventure Journals Featured image: Joining friends for a paddle on the Kinch (James Malphrus) Picking up where James left off in...
At first glance, the fish looks unassuming, a mild aquarium pet with a face of innocence. But the Oriental weather loach – recently documented for the first time in the...
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson If you are a homeowner, you know there are many...
On a woodland knoll at Lower Broad River Wildlife Management Area, something rare has been spreading underground -- dwarf sumac! Learn how Georgia DNR is restoring this endangered plant and...
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Garden Spider in Web. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson Nowadays most folks enjoy having a cornucopia of wildlife living...
By James Malphrus, writer of JCM Adventure Journals. Featured image: Alligators’ fork. Photo credit: James Malphrus. This post features three excerpts from adventures on Chickasawhatchee WMA. It was a Wednesday and...
By Terry W. Johnson, writer of the Backyard Wildlife Connection blog. Featured image: Sassafras in fall color. Photo credit: Terry W. Johnson For those of us who do not live in north...
Flatwoods salamanders come in two varieties: frosted and reticulated. Both can be found in longleaf pine ecosystems in Georgia, and both are facing a grim future. Flatwoods salamanders rely on...
Two of the bird world’s youngest rock stars are turning heads, and binoculars, on Georgia’s coast. The young piping plovers spotted last week – one on Cumberland Island, the other...